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Here, we call it the Griffin Tornado The history books refer to it as the Tri-State Tornado of 1925. Meteorologists have named it the Murphysboro (Mo.) Tornado, after it’s general point of origin. However, in Posey County, Indiana, the devastation … Continue reading →

Will this tornado’s dark reign stand? In the grim business of ranking the dead, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 has no peer. Until that event, the greatest fatality count directly attributable to a single tornado, 317 souls, occurred in 1840. … Continue reading →